what i was doing while you were breeding by kristin newman

The second time I went, disasters kept happening. Kristin Newman: So, I’m obsessed with Argentina. Rico Gagliano: It’s like your prime travel directive.īrendan Francis Newnam: What is your favorite example of that happening to you? Basically, “If you stumble into something amazing, then get rid of your day’s plans and go for it.” It’s just a small book, about a small woman, thinking about maybe someday perhaps whispering in someone’s ear.”īrendan Francis Newnam: Well one of the things you would whisper in someone’s ear is your philosophy: to go with the flow. Kristin Newman: “Such a good book, it’s just like Jane Austen.

So it made you embrace everyone.īrendan Francis Newnam: But someone listening to this, Kristin, might get the idea that this book is just a series of stories about you sitting quietly, reading the Herald Tribune. Kristin Newman: Quieter, softer, less judgmental, because I would be lonely traveling alone. Rico Gagliano: So the you-adjacent is a quieter person? I couldn’t work my ass off at a dinner party – which is why I’m so excited to be here, because my specialty is taking deep responsibility at a dinner party. Kristin Newman: Well, I found that when I traveled by myself for the first time - specifically in countries that don’t speak English - I couldn’t talk, I couldn’t be funny, I couldn’t rada-tat-tat. You call this other you ‘Kristin- Adjacent.’ What’s the difference between regular you and Kristin-Adjacent? Rico Gagliano: So you were in your late 20s, you were a comedy writer in LA, and then this wanderlust grips you: to travel and essentially to become someone else.

Kristin Newman: Oh my god that’s a NPR joke. Kristin Newman: Yeah it’s been called “Eat, Pray… Word I Can’t Say.”īrendan Francis Newnam: With P-R-E-Y instead of P-R-A-Y. looking for adventure and love… and often finding tawdry hookups.īrendan Francis Newnam: It’s kind of like “Eat, Love, Love.” Right? Rico Gagliano: Kristin Newman wrote for some of the biggest hit sitcoms of the past couple of decades, including “How I Met Your Mother” and “That 70s Show.” Her new book is called “What I Was Doing While You Were Breeding.” It’s a memoir of her globetrotting travels.

What i was doing while you were breeding by kristin newman